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Bookish Gifts: Dystopian Edition

I have a little bit of breathing room this week–enough that I’ve indulged myself and spent some time working on a post (I KNOW. It’s a miracle). There are reviews that need to be finished, but I’ve been in a nostalgic mood and I’ve been thinking about high school and the books that I had to read in English class. There was a lot of Shakespeare (tragedies more than comedies, plays more than sonnets), Chekhov, Steinbeck, angry young men, slavery, racism, social criticism, and coming ofage. It would drive me crazy that my English teachers (who were actually English, but I’m not sure if that had anything to do with it), would pick works with such heavy themes. I can appreciate my education now, but back then, there were very few books that didn’t get tainted by having to analyze and discuss the ever-loving bejesus out of them. One of those few was Nineteen Eighty-Four. “It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen.” In honor of high school English class, I went looking for merchandise that bows to one high school staple: dystopia.

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5 thoughts on “Bookish Gifts: Dystopian Edition”

Why don’t I have all the money so I can get all the things? I want so many things on this list. The Lord of the Flies poster, the Clockwork Orange tote bag, the Animal Farm tote, The Giver boxset, the Mockingjay pin, the V for Vendetta mask (you know, I might be able to afford that one. Ha).
Great post, but I kind of hate you for making me want so many things.

This blog is pretty quiet because of being swamped all the time with the full-time job, but I will remember your store if I get a chance to update with more bookish stuff. Really cute items! I think I want allll those wooden bookmarks and the Dusty Bookshelf and Enchanted Library candles. 🙂